Where did all the HTTP referrers go? May 26, 2013 Good (and bad news): the general consensus in the web developer community is that any and every website should be HTTPS by default. Why? HTTP by itself isn't encrypted, leaving it open to eavesdropping, message tampering, and man-in-the-middle attacks. HTTPS, if you use it consistently, prevents these issues. So how can that possibly be bad news? H